Comments on: Most Popular Programming Languages

By: Adil Hasan

Adil Hasan — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:38:21 +0000

People who already know C/C++ should go for Java it will provide u with lot of opportunities and will be very easy to learn so i vote java..

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:35:35 +0000

As for the discussion, http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html is Tiobe’s monthly ranking of programming languages. I’m curiously to see if Scala will emerge as the longterm successor to JAVA, as has been predicted by some. http://scala-lang.org is the website to find out more about this language, even though its’ influence is relatively small at the moment. Twitter uses Scala, and here’s some articles about that.

Twitter on Scala
A Conversation with Steve Jenson, Alex Payne, and Robey Pointer
http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/twitter_on_scala.html

Engineer-to-Engineer Talk: How and Why Twitter Uses Scala
http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2010/05/how_and_why_twitter_uses_scala.html

Google and YouTube uses Python.
http://python.about.com/od/gettingstarted/ss/whatispython_3.htm

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By: krishna

krishna — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:27:35 +0000

Nowadays JavaScript rocking as in web application development.

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By: DMac

DMac — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:53:58 +0000

I haven’t commented on here in a while… but I have to say that I had a chance to watch the release of the new Rad Studio XE2 from Embarcadero for Delphi / Rad PHP etc… and let me tell you, tides are changing! If you get a chance youtube some of their stuff… Delphi now supports native Win32 / Win64, Mac OS and iOS for apple IPhones and soon to be Android development as well. You can now develop native applications (No runtime crap / web stuff) required to run on any of those platforms. GUI Design is by FireMonkey which has a lot of features that are mind blowing! True 3D graphics which use the GPU for rendering… not the CPU. It harnesses DirectX for Windows and OpenGL for the others. I think Microsoft should keep their eyes on this product because as in the last 15+ years, Delphi just works and works well!!! No BS to deal with… no Visual studio hangs for 5+ minutes with a spinning wheel and the usual “Not Responding” shite… I currently have switched back to Delphi full time from C# and I’m using Rad Studio XE… now I’m anxious to get my hands on XE2. For any developers out there wanting to program for Window, Mac, or the hand device / pad market… take a serious look at this product!!!

By: James

James — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:06:52 +0000

Nowadays, dynamic languages (especially python & ruby) have become quite a rage. There are seminars, articles etc which argue about their scalability, performance & maintenance on being at par (almost) with the statically typed languages like C++, Java. If this is really true ( IMHO hypothetical) then why they are not being used by the software giants for large scale projects. I don’t think they will ever be mainstream & will be mainly used as so called “glue” languages. Anybody shares or contradicts my opinion ??

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:37:28 +0000

Hello Happy! Thank you for your support. I wish all a Happy Labour Day to those in countries that recognizes this statutory holiday (Canada and the USA have Labour Day on the first September Monday, but beyond that, I’m not sure what other countries celebrate Labour Day).

By: Happy

Happy — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:30:36 +0000

Hi Paul! I love you…..I like your comments….!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:28:04 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen:
I’ve been reading this topic/thread with much interest because I’m interested in technology. The topic is most popular programming languages, not which is the best programming language, which would be another discussion altogether. Bashing one or more languages in favor of another really serves no purpose than wasting time. I think one thing that people need to consider is it is basically proprietary to one specific company or platform, or can it be used over multiple platforms. That’s why I would prefer to use PHP over ASP as an example. Each language is a tool to accomplish something. All things being equal, choosing the most popular option available to accomplish the task in terms of support might be the best way to go. It’s hard to justify a language that is dying, or on the verge of doing so. The best language is the one that will get the task or job done most efficiently in terms of time and resources. Choose the best option for whatever you’re trying to accomplish. Besides, the popularity of programming languages fluctuates over time. The fact C and C++ are still pretty high in demand after all these years is a testament to their durability. JAVA is great for web development, and so is PHP, for different reason. JAVA is object oriented programming, while PHP is a server side scripting language to produce dynamic webpages. It’s apples and oranges really. It depends on what the task or tasks you need to accomplish, since each programming language will have its’ strengths and weaknesses, which should be a consideration in determing which language to deploy to accomplish the task at hand. That being said, it’s always a good idea to keep learning to keep your skill set up to date, because what is popular today can be obsolete at some point in the future.